Liberty Avenue & Crescent Street

Liberty Avenue and Crescent Street meet at a four-way crossing in East New York-City Line, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 31 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. In 2026, 864 red-light camera tickets were recorded here through July 26. The Engine 236 firehouse is 650 feet away. The nearest subway, Euclid Av, is about five minutes on foot, and four subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 11 public places, four of them religious buildings, and 15 places to eat.

Safety record
32 hurt
31 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Euclid Av
0.3 miles · 5 min on foot · A, C
Nearest bus stop
40 feet
Crescent St/Liberty Av · B13
Within a walk
11 places
4 religious buildings, 2 trade or language schools and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Liberty Avenue & Crescent Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Euclid Av, 0.3 miles from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 4 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Euclid Av A, C
    0.3 miles
    A C

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
2 lines
  1. A …
  2. C …
Queens
2 lines
  1. A …
  2. C …

Also within a walk

  1. Grant Av A
    0.4 miles
    A
  2. Crescent St J, Z
    0.4 miles
    J Z

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Crescent St/Liberty Av, 40 feet away, for the B13.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Crescent St/Liberty Av B13
    40 feet
    B13

Next buses at this stop

  1. B13 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 19 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Cypress Hills Street & Jackie Robinson Parkway, 1.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 519 Autumn Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 570 Jamaica Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    1 mile
  3. 1-01 Forest Park Drive Fast charging for electric cars
    2.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 31 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 32 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 7 of those hurt, on foot
  • 4 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, June 2016

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2026 so far, through July 26, 864 red-light camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner.

Every corner with red-light camera tickets

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11208
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 5
City Council district
37
Police precinct
75
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
East New York-City Line
Elevation
36 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 1,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1910 and 1945.

Since 2014 at least 135 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 37 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 26 signs on these blocks
  • 10 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2017 and February 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Crescent Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Crescent Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Liberty Avenue

  • Metered parking 5 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-8:30AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-10AM

South side of Liberty Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 7:30AM-8AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 323728 and 328276.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eleven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 religious buildings
  • 2 trade or language schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 park
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Career Academy of New York Trade or language school
    830 feet
  2. Great Oaks Health Academy Trade or language school
    830 feet
  3. The Friends of Crown Heights Educational Center # 5 Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    860 feet
Show all 4
  1. P.S. 159 Isaac Pitkin School
    950 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. City Line Park
    740 feet
  2. City Line Park Playground
    1,000 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 236 Fire station
    650 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Golden Farms Supermarket
    140 feet
  2. CTown Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    1,280 feet
  2. Dollar Tree Store
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 15 places to eat and 26 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 19 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Crescent Street or Liberty Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC Finance, NYC DOT, MTA, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.